Central PA report 95-03-19

[ I am posting the Sprint Car results here again on r.a.s.i. Last week I
posted the results on r.a.s.n. Although there were only 2 posts to my
original posting last week I received a total of 8 different emails
thanking me for the ...

[ I am posting the Sprint Car results here again on r.a.s.i. Last week I
posted the results on r.a.s.n. Although there were only 2 posts to my
original posting last week I received a total of 8 different emails
thanking me for the information and asking me to continue when I attend
the races or get the results from the local paper. Williams Grove is
located in Mechanicsburg, PA, and is a 0.5 mile semi banked clay track. ]

Weather was near perfect for the time of year. Mid 50's sunny to begin
then partly overcast. Track was in good shape although a little dustier
than last week. 36 cars signed into the pits. Heat races 10 laps with
the feature 30 laps.

Time trials were held for this race, two laps. Fast times were inverted
in the heat race and they had to qualify through the heat to get their
time back. Consi qualifiers did not get their times back.

1st Conci
1.) 17, Alan Cole [2], 2.) 10, Len Thompson [1],
3.) 39, Dan Dietrich [9], 4. 5x, Rick Hench
Cars 39 and 77t were late to the track and placed at the end of the
field. 39 of Dietrich had pole position originally and 77t had 3rd
starting position which moved the 10 of Len Thompson to the pole.

2nd Conci
1.) 28, Brian Paulus [1], 2.) 2c, Will Cramer [4],
3.) 5, Craig Eshenauer [3], 4.) 10N, Darren Eash [2]
Two consecutive restarts. First one for a false start and the car 7, Joey
Borich Jr. stopping on the front strech with the one to go siginal.
Second restart due to 10N of Darren Eash spinning out in turn 2

Feature
Kenny Jacobs drew for the number of qualifiers to be inverted and pulled
the number 4 which put Dale Blanney on the pole. Car 25, Todd Gracey went
to the rear of the pack by his choice.

Cautions
Lap 0
39, Dan Dietrich spins and hits the wall in turn 1 w/rear, field restarts
Lap 5
10N of Darren Eash comes to a stop exiting turn 2, towed in to pits
12, Rahmer stops on backstretch, flat right front enters pits and rejoins
the field.
Lap 8
21 of Rod Stroup, 07 of Dave Haight and 17 of Alan Cole collide exiting turn 3
Rahmer and Dietrich enter pits and retire.
Lap 28
Field given the two to go signal and the 94 of Dale Blaney leads the 461
of Lance Dewease into turn one. As they enter turn three Blaney gets hung
up behind a lapped car and Dewease makes the pass and hold him off to win
for his third consecutive victory at Williams Grove this year.
The car on the move for the last 5 laps was once again the 1 of Billy
Pauch. Billy fell as far back as the 10th position before moving to the
high grove and rocketing towards the front like he was on a rail.

Lincoln
The local paper did not have the results from Lincoln but I can tell you
the winner was 17E of Cris Eash with the 461 of Lance Dewease in third.
The finishing of Dewease at Lincoln the night before was joked about in
the winner's circle interview at the Grove. Seems Walt Dwyer (the car
owner) was a little disappointed with 3rd at Lincoln but joked with Lance
the can drive the car at least another week. Lance said he is ruining
Walt by all the wins.

Sellinsgrove
Winner was the 17 of Alan Cole

Port Royal
The winner was the 88 of Todd Shaffer

Next week at the Grove will be the Sprints and the Sportsman modifieds.

On a side note I even had a small r.a.s.n. get together at the Grove with
Dave Reininger from VA. Last week r.a.s.n. reader Mark Paige and his wife
were present at the Grove but I did not get to meet with them.